Moodle 2.0

Chapter 8
Students will now be able to rate each glossary entry on how helpful it is to
memorize the material. From the student's point of view, the result looks like this:
Wiki
The Moodle Wiki module allows students to collaborate on a group writing
project, build a knowledge base, and discuss class topics. Because a wiki is easy
to use, interactive, and organized by date, it encourages collaboration among the
participants. This makes it a powerful tool for capturing group knowledge. The key
difference between a forum and a wiki is that when users enter a forum, they see a
thread devoted to a topic. Each entry is short. The users read through the thread one
entry at a time. The result is that the discussion becomes prominent. In a wiki, users
see the end result of the writing. To see the history of the writing, they must select a
History tab. The result is that the end result of the writing becomes prominent.
Old wiki content is never deleted and can be restored. Wikis can also be searched,
just like other course material. In the following section, we'll look at the settings on
the Editing Wiki page and how these settings affect the user experience.
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